Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Compote \Com"pote\, n. [F. See {Compost}.]
   A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to
   preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a
   compote of pears. --Littr['e].

Source : WordNet®

compote
     n : dessert of stewed or baked fruit [syn: {fruit compote}]